My area has a massive shortage of skilled labor.

The risk is massive and you can’t get the phenomenal financing that makes these deals attractive if the tenant has less than 10 firm years remaining.

For example if you have a mom and pop tenant based on 17 bucks a foot rent because that is all their business model can support but a national tenant wants the site and can pay 22 because of location not only can rent potentially increase but also that new tenant value can be a massive difference.Mom and pop at 17 a foot and an 8 cap for instance.Say 4,000 sq ft box X 17 = 68,000   (8 cap) = 850,000National tenant at 22 a foot. 4,000 X 22  = 88,000  (6 cap) = about 1,470,000There are expenses involved getting the new tenant but value difference can be massive.Leasing brokers can perform a (void analysis) which not only looks at rent comps for box size but also what existing tenants are in the market,saturation levels, and what possible tenants optimally could go in that space.    

@Henry GuPlus there’s loopholes like working as a contractor and paying yourself a massive 401k As the employer, filing taxes Married filing separately one year and addending it a year later to get the married brackets a year late but not have your spouses income count toward your repayment.

I would like to Brrrr properties and from what I can see the opportunity to Brrrr in the US is massive.  

@Diane G.I don’t see it anywhere, the recent iPos and massive stock market gains are only adding fuel to the fire in the Bay Area.

I thought I remember hearing, in the last year or two, about some massive state-wide rent control legislation in Oregon.

Having the extra $150/mo without PMI is massive  Your rate isn’t bad, and though you didn’t list the interest paid last year, it will be less this year and the decreased interest will accelerate as you go through the loan term. 

Hi BP communityI’m Aviv Dahari from Israel ,it was just the beginning of 2019 and I had this filling that something have to change , I don't want to work like this until I'm 60 there got to be another way , then by a miracle BP shows UP , and we became best friends for life .So in the past year I have studied , listened and basically learned every little thing I could get my hand's on about real estate from BP and other sources and looking forward to learn more from all of you , but the TIME has come to take some massive ACTION and live life by my own terms.My focus this year is to INVEST in rentals in Warren ,MI ,I would love to connect and work with this amazing community  ,Hope to hear from you  

With your massive work ethic, I bet you can find creative ways to be of value to those more experienced investors, and that can turn into money or social capital.